yes you can work without a permit, just illegally. Some people have been doing this for years.

You dont need have a valid permit to be bullied by your employer. Employers are smart enough to know that some employees (especially those from "other" countries) have to pay agents to get a job in singapore and since they have to pay of their debts, they cant simply change jobs and this gives the employer a carte blanche to screw with the person as much as he/she wants.

You just dont know the underbelly of the unscrupulous singaporean employer which i have met, mainly sub-contractors who treat their workers little more then their personal b****.

Goto tuas side and see at the street side workshops or fabrication areas and you can see this happening daily. You can get firsthand experience just from seeing the employee and employer have a conversation in public.

Like in las vegas, whatever happens in tuas, stays in tuas.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 15 2010, 11:42 AM

Maids also suffer the same fate. Working for little pay with a typical singaporean. They want value or in order words to stretch their dollar, they want 2 pay 1 dollar but get 2 dollars worth in return.

Thats why u see maids only get 1 day off in a month and wash their owners car everyday from 7am.

The maid in malaysia has a valid reason to work whole day since the are she need to clean is bigger.

How long does it take to clean a typical hdb or condo flat anyway? and does it warrant the maid to work in 1000++ square feet area from 6am to 11pm?

Best of all some people actually share a maid, 2 households in the same condo share one maid to clean both of the condo apartments since the 2 families are related. And they are damn proud that they found ways to be both efficient and cut cost down.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 15 2010, 02:20 PM

No, your not allowed to "share" maids. Since its supposed to be 1 maid per household. But a few families flout the rules since their proud to be "kaisu".

Btw, this doesnt just apply to singaporeans, malaysian PR's do this as well since they have to keep up with their southern neighbors. Like they say monkey see, monkey do.

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Added on December 15, 2010, 4:48 pmWhat beer is it? I'll go if its augustiner beer.

Paulaner damn disappointing since they have only 2 beers on tap.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 15 2010, 04:49 PM

No they cant guarantee that, i have met houseowners who will raise the rental rate arbitrarily with the excuse that they they didnt expect you to use alot of electricity or do alot of washing. Plus the houseowner will "use" the agent to convince you to let the house owner raise the rental.

Most of the houses ive toured are non-approved. But they still have a tenancy agreement as a formality. It isnt a legally binding tenancy agreement.

Thats if your owner is an honorable person. A quality that is hard to come by these days. They cite events beyond their control like market prices and PUB increases to justify the nullification of the contract. But this is usually in regards to PUB, so far i have not heard of an owner arbitrarily increasing the rent within the contract period due to sharp rise in the property market.

Thats why signing a contract is just a formality since enforcement of the contract is sketchy at best.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 17 2010, 01:39 PM

People still download video?

I though the way forward now is just to stream the video. Singapore with its large community of chinese ppl flock to PPS, the destroyer of bandwidth.

yup, the bastards.

Malaysians now being replaced by china counterparts, cheaper and more obedient.

Why get a malaysian when you can get a china person to do the same job for less money and less hassle.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 21 2010, 09:48 AM

Hmm.. Looks like someone should have confirmed their leave b4 buying the ticket.

What do you mean you get info which is wrong?

Didnt you inform your HR that your taking leave and await for their approval?

Werent you driving back to KL?

I already got approval for my CNY holiday time since im taking more then a week off. Plus i can do some of my work online so its not so bad.

Damn true, eve of any public holiday = pure nightmare of human traffic proportions.

Isnt your market exclusively in apple products? Since its a controlled item, i dont think theres much problems in spoiling the apple market.

Yeah, it is very low. I had a previous colleague with only 8 years of exp (not in sales but engineering) and he's living the expat lifestyle and being paid 5 figure salary in USD. It depends on whether you can get a decent job.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Dec 23 2010, 11:24 AM

Single room apartment around 1200++ dependin on area.

But the general rule is its gonna be expensive.

Now with the G increasing electrical tariffs and the rising cost of food. Dont be surprised if unscrupulous home owners increase rental prices, actually it should come as 2nd nature to them.

around 1600, but like i said earlier it varies alot depending on location.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Jan 3 2011, 06:14 PM